I don’t have any prospects in my friend group for dating, and the apps do not work for me. I’ve been trying my best to go and meet people, but lately I haven’t had any connections develop that were longer term. I’ve asked female friends in particular if they know anyone and they do not. The only time this did happen was by luck when a guy in the group knew two people.
I am coming to the conclusion I may have to just suck it up, start going to bars, and cold approach women. I have done this before but I sometimes had nervousness when approaching women, because when approaching a stranger for the first time, it’s hard to know what to say. During the times I have approached, I usually gave women compliments and then tried asking them about their interests for a period before offering to take them out. The last few women I did this with didn’t respond back to text messages the next morning.
I just don’t see any options at this point. It’s discouraging but I’ll keep pressing on, and gather up the courage to cold approach strangers.